St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-27

| S2rsH5aY opera. AS lie passes
the large dead wall on
Wabasha street, near Fifth, he smiles COM
placeDty and mentally calculates the size
OF the letters for streamer necessary to
reach from end to end in spelling the word
.Alidor."
There is no man in st. Paul who sticks
closer to his desk and attends more strictly
| to business than AsSis tant Postmaster
| O'Brien. He's always on deck, and it is
likely that the postoffice could not be run
without him.
Ernest Seeley's diamond is of a somewhat
more dazzling brilliancy since he set up
shop for himself, and his aprons are made
OF the most delicate and costly fabrics. He
Is the envy OF good many people in the
profession.
Will Somers is preparing for his animal
spring and summer campaign among the
ladies. He has a lovely white flannel suit
in process of construction and will wear
pair OF lOw-quarter shoes. made from the
skin OF polar bear, that will easily be
recognized as the nobbieSt thing out. Mr..
SomerS, as his lame indicates, blooms dur
ing the summers. In the winter months
he cares not DER much for attention.
Ed T. Perrin is getting in his work in
great shape as an insurance agent, in which
he seems to have struck his gait-in fact,
he is built that way. His only regret,
though, is his failure to invest in Duluth
real estate.
The identity of the two Cullen's-O. o.
and K. Pts frequently confOunded, al
though they do not look at all alike. But
you NAV ask ten people which is the alder
man and which the liveryman, and nine of
them can't tell you.
NJ. j. Donnelly can write good poetry
when the inspiration comes upon him. and
he knows how to tincture it with sarcasm.
Capt Castle was state oil Inspector, and
now he owns a suburban village. What's
to hinder II. B. Willis from following his
example?
In the magnifcently furnished reading
room annex which John Graus has re-
Gently opened i'll connection with his Wa
basha street saloon, hangs life-Size paint
ing of Johnston, the famous pacing horse.
1t is model work of art, and cost sum
OF money that would appal less generous
man than the donor, John O'Connor. chief
of detectives. Mr.. O'Connor bought the
picture and presented it to his friend Graus
as token of regard when the annex was
opened. 1t was only few days ago that
the boys learned that the picture was gift
from the genial chief detective They
never lose all opportunity fora little fun, so
a few nights ago few of them filed into
the reading room, where Mr.. O'Connor
happened to be looking over the Eastern
papers. The usual greeting was ex-
changed, and O'Connor went on reading
Pretty soon Jimmy Flanagan looked up at
the painting representing the king of the
turf and remarked to Basil Armstrong:
''Gad, that's cheap old chromo Won
der Where Graus got it,
Don't know, Pm sure" said Armstrong.
lit don't look any more like Johnston than
the wood cuts they run on three-sheet post
, ers to advertise the races"
well. sir, [ never noticed it before, but
I'll be darned il the head there don't look
, about as big as the rest of the body. :"
chlmed in another of the party.
[ Its too bad, amt it?" said Flanagan
land s'pose Graus paid big price for it,
too, and thinks he's got pretty fine thing. y
The subject of the conversation naturally
att acted 0 CUnnors attention. They went
on crItlcising every feature of the picture,
apparently not noticing John, who shifted
uneasiy about in his chair and finally got
up and wiped the Precipitation from his
face. Then he walked over to Graus' pri-
vate office, and calling out the proprietor,
whispered:
johnny, want you to take that picture
down, and the next time l go to Chicago
I'll get another one thatll satisfy these
fellows if it takes my last dollar"
Then somebody had to laugh and spoil
the whole thing.
Last week. before the cold snap nipped
the budding spring, while the warm sun
was shining. and the soft breeze blowing
little ripples in the blue water which had
crept out from under the ice on the Mis-.
sissippi, Hon. w. W. Erwin, the Ajax of
the criminal bar, looked out OF the southern
windows of his office, sized up the indica-
tons of warm weather, and began to muse:
The last of March and the ice going out
of the river. When the ice goes out the
ducks begin to fly northward to the lakes.
l think I'll take my gun and"
mo. you won't" put in Tom Ryan, his
= partner. mot this sprng-some other
spring." And he went into the library and
got out the Law Supplement and read to
his senior partner the act passed by the last
q legislature making it unlawful to shoot
! ducks except from the 18th of September to
the last of November.
For years it has been Erwin's custom to
go duck hunting every spring and fall. and
, he never fails to bring back big string of
> birds. He never takes so much delight as
,, when tramping through the wet sloughs
and marshes after the gane-eXcept per-
hapS, when tripping an expert medical wit
ness. He will not be alone in his grief over
the passage of this restraining law. Mayor
4 Bob Smith and Judge Cory and score of
others are lamenting this enactment, which
. is not generally known. Hereafter there
will be but one hunting seasOn-in the fall.
: Basil w. Armstrong has not inquired
Il who is on first base for long time.
In the days of the old Red Cap nine.
I when Ed Gault held down first base by
day, it was Slim Jim who did the pitching.
The latter was usually spoken of as pitch.
ing a terriically swift ball. 1t was all the
S worse, as he was left hand pitcher. He is
r too dignified for that business now.
o E. b. Northrup, who handles real
y estate with Il. S. Fairchild & Son, is GOV.
? ering himself in sackcloth and ashes be-
a cause he did not get in at Ashland ION the
! ground hoor.''
0 When S. Lee Davis, E. G. Rogers anC
: all the other boys ''come marching home
o from Ashland with their pockets full Of
n greenbacks they will look around in pity
V upon those who didn't get in ION the GROUND
u floor"
IS Johannah Strau is still of the opinion
g that The Daughter of the Regiment" is q
e good opera
a When will T. B. Marrett stop buyins
}. horses? He has already large number O
a good ones and rumor has it that he is still
y after others that are king pins.
Col. j. III. Davidson could not under
stand why his horse should break away an,
rs travel off in such peculiar manner.
:" 1t is now about the time for Dir. Sweene,
v and Superintendent Watkins. of the isl
hatchery, to begin to bring out thei
sinners
Aid. Long will be a very anxious ma,
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